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Microsoft (United Kingdom)

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Research works
94
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Microsoft (United Kingdom) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 5.50× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.70× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Microsoft (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the composite score, William R. Vaughn and Mike Halsey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Microsoft (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 William R. Vaughn United Kingdom · #1,234,190 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Mike Halsey United Kingdom · #1,366,558 worldwide 3 citations · 84 works
All ranked researchers at Microsoft (United Kingdom)

Which research topics does Microsoft (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Optical Network Technologies and Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics.

Advanced Fiber Optic Sen…1Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 1 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and…1Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 1 fractional worksOptical Network Technologies: 1 fractional worksPhotonic Crystal and Fib…1Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics: 1 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applicat…1Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 1 fractional worksParallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 0 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…0Corporate Finance and Governance: 0 fractional worksComputational and Text Analysis Methods: 0 fractional worksOpinion Dynamics and Social Influence: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringHuman-Computer InteractionHardware and ArchitectureAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 1 works
  6. 6 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 0 works
  7. 7 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  8. 8 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 0 works
  9. 9 Computational and Text Analysis Methods General Social Sciences 0 works
  10. 10 Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available33.0%not open67.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.5%domestic only64.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Microsoft (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017.

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